Plant 30,000 native trees Costa Rican owned farms

Here in Costa Rica, our workers have been  swinging their machetes with expertise and power to chop the constantly growing cattle grasses away from all the trees we have planted the last four years. It is absolutley necessary to retuirn to all the trees the first 4 years, otherwise the grases will choke them out and the trees will die. Thats why we focus on intently at the beginning of the season on cleaning and replacing any dead tyrees as part of our guarantee for every tree you sponsor. Death rates have been goping up over the past 6 years and this year again, mortality loss hovers around 12%. We remain satisfied, nevertheless, with the overall growth of the projects and simply accept that climate change has made the rains more intermittent which means the grass grows more and tends to choke trees during the summer season when it used to be much more dry with barely any rain falling. 

Once we finished maintaining all the 8300 trees under managtement, we turned our attention to planting more trees to keep up with our sponsors. We are currently in the process of  planting 1500-2000 more trees in Refugio San Antonio as well as 400 more trees with neighbors in a new area centered around the pineapple plantations. Its important to us to keep expanding into new areas where ´people are sturgglimng to make a living andf keep their land and or repair degraded zones from deforestation for cows. With good fair pay jobs, local families can regenerate their land and grow  alternative economies of forest products to sustain themselves long term. 

It´s really hard work for our crews day after day in the cattle grasses. We are so proud of their dedication and consistency and are thrilled to show you some recent fotos of our work together. Thank you for your continued support. All together, we are truly making a diffrerence now and for future generations.